Node.js v7.0.0 - Hackdot

Re:Node.js v7.0.0 by a-saleh on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @02:53AM (#12794438)

That is why I would like to hear them :-)

I know most people use Promises to escape the call-back hell, but you can do that with async library as well, so maybe you just like writing "return cb(err);" more than "return Promise.reject(err);"

Maybe you like, that you need to deal with the err in the call-back, while \w promises it is easy to write code that just silently fails?

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Re:Node.js v7.0.0 by Yaggo on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @03:49AM (#12794670)

I also prefer callbacks. Here are my reasons:

  - They are simple (fully transparent)
  - They are the simplest good enough solution for many problems
  - Cleaner code than new Promise().then().then().then().catch() clutter
  - Yes, I like nested indentations (good functions are short anyway)
  - They perform well

As a side note, I also prefer coffeescript, snake_case, CONSTANTS, and avoid using classes, prototypes, and this. I'm not very happy with the recent development of EcmaScript, too much complexity and unnecessary new concepts.

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Re:Node.js v7.0.0 by spion on Thursday October 27, 2016 @06:30PM (#12810911)

Give me any moderately complex callback-based code, and I'll make it look cleaner with promises and ES6.

And I'd like to know what you mean by "fully transparent"

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Re:Node.js v7.0.0 by mpfundstein on Wednesday October 26, 2016 @04:22AM (#12794804)

Besides the last point I think I disagree on everything you have said :P

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